New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. Hardcover. First American Edition. 208 p.: color illustrations; 30 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Grey endpapers. Dust jacket designed by Dick Adelson with photographs by Patrick Prendergast. Born in Syndey, Australia, Thomas Keneally is the prize-winning author of many novels..... More
Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, 1999. Hardcover. 220 p.: figures, maps, tables, illustrations; 31 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes index. A detailed examination of the changes in Ireland in the 19th century, through the pivotal event of the great famine of the 1840s. Book..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1948. Paperback. "An abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in German in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois, 1948." [2], 11, [3] p.; 23 cm. Stapled brown wrapper; front wrapper printed..... More
Westport, Ct. Praeger, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 257 p.; 24 cm. Green cloth with black- and gilt-stamped spine titles. No dust jacket, as issued. Includes index and notes about the editors and contributors. First Edition. Criminal Justice History, volume 18. Contents: Criminal Justice in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux, 1715-24 by Rebecca..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co., 1875. Hardcover. xvi, 339, [4] p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of illustration; 18 cm. Publisher's beige pebble grain cloth with gilt-stamped and black embossed printing on spine and front cover; blind-stamped publisher's emblem and decoration on back cover. Small binder's label on back fixed..... More
Berlin: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1925. Hardcover. 220, [4] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color illustration on front cover. Top page edges blue. Publisher's list of titles in the series Deuytsche Fahrten on page facing title page. Publisher's advertisements on final 3 unpaginated pages. Includes index..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1941. Hardcover. 339 p., 14 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt on black spine title; blind-stamped cover title. Top page edges black. No dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Includes index. The author discusses the men who Winston Churchill had around him after..... More
Wiesbaden, Ger. Steiner Verlag, 1972. Paperback. xii, 150, [10] p.: document facsimiles; 24 cm. Orange paper covers printed in black. Series: Frankfurter Historische Abhandlungen, Bd. 2. The politics of the Third Coalition formed to opposed Napoleon. Entirely in German. In Good+ Condition: cover is slightly soiled; small stains on back;..... More
Berlin: Elefanten Press, 1990. Paperback. [60] p.: color photographs; 15 cm. Paperback with stiffened covers reproducing two of the images from the Berlin Wall. From 1982 to 1990 Heinz J. Kuzdas took photographs of the paintings and other graphics added to the Berlin Wall by artists, including Keith Haring. This..... More
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London: J. Robinson; G. Woodfall; Lockyer Davis, 1753. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1: xi, [1], 263, [1] p.; v, [1], 125, [1] p.; 17 cm. (12mo). Contemporary full speckled calf; remains of black leather label in center of spine with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration on the rest of the spine..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1954. Hardcover. 320 p.; 22 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Prana Lape. Top page edges red. Map on endpapers. Includes index. Book is in Near Fine Condition: fore-edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright. Dust jacket is in..... More
New York: Harper Torchbooks, Harper & Row, 1952. Paperback. Vol. 2, only: vi, 405-794, 9, [11] p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Paginated continuously with vol. 1. Final 2 unpaginated pages contain A Letter to the Reader from Edward R. Murrow, Director of the U. S. Information Agency, asking for support for..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899. Hardcover. [6], 556 p., frontispiece and 29 leaves of plates with captioned tissue guards, folded map of Paris in red and black tipped in following index; 21 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and elaborate decoration. Top page edges..... More
Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1904. Hardcover. Deuxième Édition. Bound in two volumes: vol. 1: [8], 478 p.; vol. 2: 479-934, [2] p.; 26 cm. Red morocco over spines; marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped spine title and ornamentation. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Blue..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1922. Lombart, Pierre. Limited. Hardcover. With an introduction by Campbell Dodgson, Keeper of Prints at the British Museum. [18], 125, [7] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 11 leaves of plates; 29 cm. White cloth spine with blue paper over boards; paper spine label printed in red..... More
Paris: Au Bureau de l'Eclipse, 1871. 1 portfolio ([32] leaves): color illustrations; 29 cm. Portfolio boards are cover in dark green paper with embossed leaf and bee illustrations. Illustrated color pastedown on front section of portfolio repeating title page. Former owner's name written at upper edge of portfolio pastedown, dated..... More
Paris: Lambert & Durand, 1741. Hardcover. [2], 236 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full polished speckled calf; six spine compartments. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-rolled edges. All page edges are red speckled. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut title vignette, headpieces, initials, and tailpiece..... More
Krefeld: Stadt Krefeld, 1999. Paperback. 158 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Krefelder Hefte zur Deutsch-Amerikanischen Geschichte Band 3. Text is entirely in German. Gift inscription on half title page to Kenneth Kusmer from John Higham. Scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: creased at head of spine; back joint open..... More
Paris: A. Sautelet et Co., Éditeurs, 1829. Hardcover. Édition Revue et Préparée par l'Auteur. Tome Troisième. Brissot-Thivars, Libr., Alexandre Mesnier, Libraire. [4], 396, [2] p.; 22 cm. Volume 3 only. Polished calf spine and corners with marbled papers over boards. Gilt-tooled black morocco spine labels with author, title, and volume..... More
London: John and Arthur Arch, 1823. Hardcover. "Published for the Author, by John and Arthur Arch, . . . R. Triphook, . . . and J. Major . . . ." [8], 15, [1] p., 53 leaves of plates (1 leaf with copper-engraved dedication to Lavinia Countess Spencer signed Hewitt..... More
Berlin: Verlag Scherl, 1937. Hardcover. 237, [3] p., 30 p. of unpaginated illustrations (including 1 double-page illustration), 15 leaves of color plates; 22 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Lacking dust jacket. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: B. Westermann Co., New York. Entirely in German. In..... More
Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1895. Hardcover. [8], 163, [1] p., frontispiece portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm I, 5 leaves of color maps (1 folded), 19 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations and maps; 31 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title; gilt cover title with black, green, and gilt front..... More
London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827. Hardcover. "Composed from the original documents of the Archives of the Supreme Council, and from those of subordinate tribunals of the Holy Office." Second Edition. xx, 583, [1] p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Gilt rules..... More
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New York: Stroefer & Kirchner, 1880. Hardcover. This is the volume containing the text only. iv, 383 p.; 23 cm. Half leather with gilt ornamental borders and gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Reddish-brown cloth over boards. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Front fixed endpaper bears the bookplate of the..... More
Vienna: Verlag für Geschichte und Politik Wien, 1982. Paperback. 98, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback with orange and black cover. Schriftenreihe des Österreichischen Ost- und Südosteuropa-Instituts, Band 9. Includes indices by place, person, institution, region, and title. Entirely in German. In Very Good- Condition: "Sept. 18" -- written on front..... More